Woo Hoo and Wah Wah

OMG, say it ain't so. The news is out that NBC is cutting Law & Order. This series is one of the longest running series in television history and has consistently maintained it's quality while giving birth to other great spin-offs too. Everyone seems to be saying it hasn't run for more than 20 years, but I think it has. I graduated college in May of 1990 and I definitely remember watching the brand new series in the basement of my dorm during college. Anyway, I'll miss this great show but it will live on in re-runs and there are a ton of those.

Dancing With the (non)Stars finally found it's funny bone again with Kenny Main, and his sidekicks doing their schtick. It's great stuff and it was fun. Then they showcased white kids trying to dance latin. Um...I don't care that they're college dance teams. They were terrible. Len, Carrie Ann and Bruno gave very lenient scores. I guess when you throw out a lot of bones, you're going to get a lot of dogs. So in the end, America voted out the last funny lady of the show. I'll miss Niecy Nash and her way sexy partner Louis VanAmstel. I'll eat a donut in her honor. Later on Jimmy Kimmel, she had everybody in stitches including Jimmy.

The Biggest Loser is winding down. This was the last week at the ranch. First they brought back last season's winner. I can't remember her name but she's just as homely as ever. Then they brought in past winner Eric who had gained his weight back. Actually, he looked better than the last time we saw him at the Where Are They Now show. It's a good object lesson; you have to work your ass off for the rest of your life or you'll gain that amazing weight back. Okay, so then there was a lot of blah blah blah. Then they did the challenge where they started out lugging all their former weight up and down sand hills. At each hill, they could unload the weight they lost that corresponding numbered week. It was great to see them really throw that back pack over the hill at the end. Even more impressive; when the first finishers were done, they went back to help the end people. So Darius won and instead of taking the ten thousand dollars, he took the 1 pound weight advantage. Then they did a lot more blah blah blah. So much, I was sick to death of hearing everybody's voices before the show was over. I'm thinking, "Eat so you'll shut up." I do feel for Micheal. He kept asking, "Who goes through a whole season of a weight loss show and comes out fat?" Dude, you're thinner than when you started and way more fit. This time, there was only a red line and the person to fall to the bottom of the weight loss chart was instantly sent home. It happened to be Sunshine but she took it pretty well. It's great to see how nice all the remaining contestants are to each other.

Top Chef Masters had a fun quickfire challenge. They had to cook dishes for the characters of The Simpsons. The judges were Matt Greoning himself, a writer and Hank Azaria. 3 dishes were for 3 of his characters which made it really fun when he'd do the voice while tasting the dish. Even funnier was Susar Lee's saying Marg-a when he pulled out his knife and read it. Moonen cracked up and then corrected him. You mean the whole world doesn't know The Simpsons? ha ha ha Anyway, it was nice to see the chefs didn't go all fancy gourmet. Moonen won with his Sloppy D'oh. Fenniger definitely didn't know Moe cuz she could've gone totally crazy with the dish to go with that creepy whack-a-doo character. For the elimination challenge, the chefs had to work with cringe-worthy meats. They had to do surf and turf with uncommon things like kangaroo meat, monkfish liver, geoduck and sea cucumber to name a few. Susan Fenniger got to choose last but made it work so that she was in the top 3. Susar Lee made culinary art with his dish and won. His black chicken and monkfish liver weren't unfamiliar ingredients but sometimes people can take familiar stuff and really make crap so he did a good job all in all. Chef Jody was eliminated.

Survivor had a huge week. First on Thursday they had a regular episode that had the contestants meeting up with a loved one. I could've really done with less footage of Rupert snogging his wife. Then they did the old throw water from a bucket to partner's bucket and try to fill a bucket. Colby tried to blame his ineffectiveness on his brother with Jeff telling him, "He's been this way for 34 days." Jerri and her sister won. Jerri then chose Parvati and Sandra even though Russel was literally begging with his eyes. I expected a whimper to come from him and boy was he pissed when he wasn't picked to go on the reward. It looked like a fun one with geyser holes and a nice large picnic lunch. They did a lot of showing off the features of that sprint phone too. Russel then blew off steam by promising the guys he was going to get rid of the chicks but we all know that's just steam. For the immunity challenge, the contestants had to hold sticks up against a board as long as they could. Rupert really hung in there but Parvati won. That night, Colby seemed like he wasn't there at all and Rupert took the opportunity to let Parvati and Russel know neither one is really in charge. This time Sandra dug the hidden immunity idol out of her bra but didn't need to use it in the end. She always says she wants Russel out but never takes the opportunity to do it. She knows those heroes can't keep a secret at all so there's no chance of a sneaky attack with those dumbos on your side. It was inevitable; Rupert was sent to Ponderosa.

On Sunday was the finale. We started out with poor Colby dragging behind everybody like the beaten dog that he is. They had an immunity challenge that he actually put some effort into. It was the old balance and hold up dishes on the end of a stick. Colby tried and hung in there, but Parvati won again. At camp, he gave a 'well it's been nice knowing ya' speech and then gave a weak effort to try something with Russel but you know; too little too late. He was voted out but did actually talk at tribal council. He looked like he was happy to go. The next day they did the recap of the past contestants. I thought this was interesting since the remaining people were all from the Villains tribe and wouldn't know about some of the Heroes who were eliminated. The immunity challenge was a find necklaces while blindfolded challenge. I'm not exactly sure how they were supposed to use those little peg maps but in the end, Russel won by a hair. Then there was a lot of discussion of who he wanted to take to the final with him. He decided he'd get a vote for himself by voting off his most trusted confidante, Jerri. That night, Jerri was totally shocked to be voted out. The next day the last 3 had a nice basket of food and relaxed. The funniest moment was when Sandra threw Russel's nasty hat in the fire and then denied she ever saw it when he came a lookin' for it. I agree. Let the nasty little troll wear his buff on his head to cover his bald head. Without the hat, he looks like Grumpy of Snow White's 7 dwarves. At tribal council, it was the time for the jury to speak. For once, the jury members made sense. I think they've all been talking for a good long while at Ponderosa. Jerri was surprised to hear Russel thought she was a sure vote and you could see her change her mind right there. Sandra didn't throw out any bull and basically told people, the reason she wasn't loyal to them was because they weren't friends. Russel tried his old, "Vote for me, I'm the best player here, even though you might hate me." Parvati just tried to distract everyone with her huge buck teeth. Danielle wore the ugliest maxi dress I've ever seen and thought she might be smuggling a person under it. I like the transition from the island tribal council area to New York. They just had Jeff walk over a bridge. In the end, the spoilers were right and Sandra won. Once again, there was a look of shock from Russel when he found there were no votes at all for him. It really is a social game. Then there were a lot of enlightening moments in the reunion part of the show. We found out the island was boring as hell. Colby looked like he wasn't having any fun because he wasn't. The contestants weren't able to explore the jungle, swim in the ocean or do anything. No wonder we never saw any diving or under water scenes. Now that I think about it, all of the fishing was done in those tide pools. That's it for Survivor and it looks like next season will be in Nicaragua.

Top Model had a double elimination. Krista seems to win everything so we'll just skip over the first challenge. The girls had to do ugly pretty poses. You'd think Angelea would run away with this since she's got half of it covered already. Nope, Christa won again. Now the show's boring cuz it's kind of obvious that Christa doesn't have any competition and will walk away with this. Angelea and that plus sized skinny girl were sent home.

I'd like to know, what the heck have they done to the show Chuck? It used to be a funny quirky fast paced show. It was endearing when the geek kept trying to get the hot girl. Now it's some gooey couple show and the nerd isn't nerdy anymore. Ick! I wanna see the fun adventure not the snogging and moony eyes. It's not fun anymore, it's nauseating.

On the Challenge: Fresh meat they had a tough challenge of the teams pushing logs against each other. This time, Kenny let someone else win. Wes taught Landon a lesson about joining alliances and voted him and Carley into the exile challenge against Sidney and CJ. Way to treat a friend Wes. Landon and Carley got to the finish line before Sidney and his partner were done with their first puzzle. I about died laughing when they got to the finish line and couldn't figure out that they had lost. Landon and Carley had already returned to the house. Sidney and CJ really were dumb. I hope Landon joins Kenny. Kenny may be a dick, but at least he doesn't pretend to be something noble.

The Celebrity Apprentice was a total illustration of exhaustion. The celebs had just returned to their pad and poured big drinks when they were called back into the boardroom. There was some blah blah blah and Maria Kanellis was fired. Then I swear, the remaining 4 contestants were pushed right into interviews with Joan Rivers and Bill Rancic. You could tell in their faces that the celebs were so tired and frazzled, they really were at the end of their tethers. Poor Sharon Osbourne was crying at the drop of a hat and nobody could give any intelligent answers. No kidding! I really felt sorry for those celebs. So in the end, Curtis Stone and Sharon Osbourne were also fired. The next day, Holly Robinson Peete and Brett Micheals were told their final task. They were to come up with a new Snapple flavored iced tea, make a 30 second commercial and an ad. Good lord! Will these concept challenges never end? Nope. Brett got Darryl Strawberry and Summer Sanders on his team and Holly got Curtis and Maria for her team. I see they only picked the younger people to return. I think there might be a lot of stress and running around in the final task. They had to negotiate for the flavors they wanted in their tea and Summer was right. Brett caved in to Curtis. Holly's lucky to have someone with a good palate on her team. At the same time, I think Brett's name for his drink is better. If Brett's anything; it's cool. Once again, Holly's commercial sounds like people on fast forward. We'll see who wins this one. I'm rooting for Brett.

Well, we'll see what we'll see. Bye for now people. Keep watching and reading.